On Saturday 11 August 2007 09:04:14 pm Johnny Rosenberg wrote: > I just checked my firewall (I don't really remember when I restarted my > laptop last time, but it was certainly not today) and it still shows a > total of attacks = 0. In fact I have never seen it show anything else than > 0. I haven't touched anything of the firewall, no settings done, everything > is let through, as I understand it. The OS/dist is Linux/Ubuntu 7.04. > > When I had Windows (98, 2000 and XP), there were attacks several times each > minute. Can the difference really be that big if the only thing that > matters is how popular an operating system is? Than I can see two > explanations: 1. I am the only one in the world using Linux > 2. My Firewall lies to me. > 3. Ok, I said two explanations, so I won't bother you with a third one.
Yes the difference is that big. According to Wikipedia (the last time I checked) Linux only had about 14 - 20 known virus, however, (again, last time I heard) Windows has about 60K or more. They don't have to attack you, there are a few sites on the net that will do it for you. I can't remember any off the top of my head, but search for security testing, or firewall security test, and you should come up with a few. One of the reasons your Windows side gets attacked so much is that it advertises so many open ports, and broadcasts so many things that a Linux box doesn't. Now, you *can* add enough services to a Linux box to make it so, but I wouldn't if I could keep from it. Linux can be made just as insecure as Windows in the hands of the right (ab)user. :-D -- See Ya' Howard Coles Jr. John 3:16! --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
